Sermon: “Losing (and Finding) Your Religion” from Rev. Gretchen Haley and Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink

This July and August we're exploring what it means to be religious and how we might name and articulate a new way of being religious that is grounded in liberation and hope for our world today. This week we kick things off with a story from Cheryl Hazlitt, a long-time Foothills Unitarian member, about her family's history with religion and what it means to her to be religious. (4:38) Then, we'll dive into Rev. Gretchen's sermon Losing (and Finding) Your Religion. (14:05)

Related Topics: Grounding in Unitarian Universalism, Practicing Church | More Sermons from Rev. Gretchen Haley and Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink | Download Audio

From Series: "Losing (and Finding) Your Religion"

For a lot of people these days, the idea of being "religious" feels off-putting. It brings up images of a shaming or judgmental old-fashioned community. More and more people are identifying as spiritual but not religious and will talk about finding God in nature or journeying on their own spiritual path. It's just that sometimes, those same people find themselves loving being at church - for example, the Foothills Unitarian Church. This can cause a little bit of an identity crisis...like, am I a person who is religious? Is this a religion? And...how will I tell my friends?  In Losing (and Finding) Your Religion, we get at some of these foundational questions and help name and articulate a different way of being religious that is grounded in liberation and hope for our world today.